#CD9C52#CD9C52

#CD9C52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C52
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 82)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 10.10, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 46.28, 77.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0266 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.109 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5904, 37.3679, 13.1612)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C52 #5283CD

analogous

#CD5F52 #CD9C52 #C0CD52

triadic

#CD9C52 #52CD9C #9C52CD

tetradic

#CD9C52 #52CD5F #5283CD #CD52C0

square

#CD9C52 #52CD5F #5283CD #CD52C0

split-complementary

#CD9C52 #52C0CD #5F52CD

monochromatic

#805C25 #AF7E33 #CD9C52 #DBB781 #E8D2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CD9C52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C52

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C52	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b985',
    500: '#cd9c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c52;
$custom-light: #e0b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.098,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72401,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C52

secondary

#A4B8D7

accent

#85DE49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C52

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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